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8 dead, 60 hurt as quakes shake northern Philippine isles
MANILA, Philippines - Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines early Saturday, killing at least eight people, inj...
Jul 28, 2019
Fire threat remains high as hot, dry temperatures forecast
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - The grassfires which swept across southeastern Alberta over the weekend are still a threat, according to the county emergency director, as hotspots generated by the blazes potenti...
Jul 28, 2019 Photo Courtesy of Alex McCuaig - A fawn appears lost among the scorched earth near MacKay Creek on Sunday July 28, 2019.
Masoli, Evans scored TDs as Ticats hand Bombers first loss of CFL season
HAMILTON - Dane Evans helped the Hamilton Tiger-Cats knock the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from the ranks of the unbeaten, but at a potentially huge cost. Evans and Jeremiah Masoli ...
Jul 28, 2019
Mavericks stretch win streak to five, sweep Millionaires in dominating fashion
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It could have been easy for the Medicine Hat Mavericks to rest on their laurels on Sunday after demolishing the Melville Millionaires in back-to-back games.But just as they did on F...
Jul 28, 2019 Photo courtesy of Scott Roblin
New farm legislation seeks to be grown from the grassroots
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The newly minted provincial agriculture minister made his first trip to southeastern Alberta in that capacity to hear from local farmers and ranchers about what should be in the new...
Jul 28, 2019 Photo courtesy of Alex McCuaig - Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen and Brooks-Medicine Hat MLA Michaela Glasgo at the Brooks Farm Freedom and Safety Act consultations at the Heritage Inn on July 27, 2019.
Brooks football star Ajou announces his commitment to Clemson Tigers
CLEMSON, SC - Recruitment 100 percent closed.That was the Tweet that Ajou Ajou send out on social media on Saturday, set to begin the next stage of his football career with one of the NCAA's powerhous...
Jul 28, 2019 Photo courtesy of Ajou Ajou / Twitter
Women's K4 500-metre team wins Canada's first gold of Lima Pan American Games
LIMA, Peru - Canada's women's K4 500-metre canoeing team brought home the country's first gold medal of the Pan American Games on Sunday. The team of Alanna Braylougheed, Alexa Kaien Irvin, Andre...
Jul 28, 2019
Brown beats De Grasse in a close 100 metre race to win Canadian 100 title
MONTREAL - Aaron Brown wanted to beat Andre De Grasse at his best. And in a thrilling 100-metre final, that took officials peering at a photo finish a full five minutes to decide, he did. Brown&n...
Jul 28, 2019
Four bodies found in Markham, Ont., home; one man in custody
MARKHAM, Ont. - Police say one person is in custody after four bodies were found in a home north of Toronto on Sunday afternoon. York regional police did not say what charges the 20-year-old man ...
Jul 28, 2019
No floppy-haired leading man for TV's 'Four Weddings' take
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Hulu's "Four Weddings and a Funeral" pays homage to the 1994 film, but don't expect a Hugh Grant copycat in the limited series. Creator Mindy Kaling says she deliberately avoid...
Jul 28, 2019